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Rupert Lowe vs Andrew Western

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Andrew Western voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 155 different votes 158 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
10 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API